Monday, August 31st, 2009

When It Rains

posted by K | filed under Adoption, Family, Infertility, Misfortune | 4 Comments

Thursday, August 27 was a significant day here. A few minutes before 6 p.m., D’s beloved Uncle Ronnie died. Two hours later, my teenage cousin’s baby was born, a baby that could’ve been ours but probably won’t be. It was a long, sad, complicated weekend to end a long, sad, complicated month. Uncle Ronnie’s funeral [...]

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Bad News

posted by K | filed under Adoption, Infertility | 4 Comments

I’m not pregnant. Again. As usual. I’m not really surprised – after roughly 69 months in a row of not being pregnant (since I stopped birth control in November 2003), who can be surprised? Devastated, yes, but never surprised. I have an appointment with the doc on Monday to find out what we’ll do for [...]

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Things I Should Be Doing Instead of Feeling Sorry for Myself

posted by K | filed under Adoption, Crafty, Simplify | 6 Comments

Decluttering the house. I am sitting in the living room, looking at the massive coffee table that’s a hand-me-down from Mom, and the whole thing is covered with STUFF. My wedding album and two scrapbooks, invoices and image CDs for my website work, Millie’s gutted tiger toy, the cats’ glove with all the fun stuff [...]

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Roller Coaster Derailed

posted by K | filed under Adoption, Infertility | 8 Comments

The first time I rode a roller coaster was when I was 11. Until then, I’d been too afraid to try, but on a family trip to Six Flags Over Georgia, my older (and much cooler) cousin Tandy talked me into riding the Great American Scream Machine. Once the tallest wooden coaster in the world, [...]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Learning to Dive

posted by K | filed under Infertility | 10 Comments

Okay, I just gave myself my first injection of Follistim, a drug that’s supposed to make my ovaries stop their misbehaving long enough to release an egg. This was the moment I dreaded most; in all my contemplation of fertility treatment over the years, giving myself injections always loomed large – the Jabberwocky. I went [...]

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Discipline Wars

posted by K | filed under Family | 6 Comments

To spank or not to spank – for me, there’s no question. I’ve always known it just wasn’t right for me. D wasn’t entirely on board with my discipline plans at first, but by now I’ve managed to persuade him. My arguments usually go like this: 1. How can we teach a child not to [...]